pimento64

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[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 40 points 2 years ago (18 children)

Is the chimney sweep routine really blackface, or is it just classist humor at the expense of impoverished white people who had the shittiest job outside of coal mining?

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

Baked beans are very popular in America, but they're different. We have a sweet tooth, as evidenced by the fact that marmalade is very sweet here. Our baked beans are usually flavored with brown sugar, molasses, or maple syrup; spices like cayenne pepper, ground mustard seed, or tomato paste; and frequently with ham or bacon as well. They're usually navy beans, though some people prefer pinto beans or black beans. Baked beans are served as a side dish at lunch or supper, and lots of people like to have cornbread or rolls/baps when there are beans so they can soak up the sauce, which is regionally called "pot liquor".

Heinz beans are something you can only get in the British section of the "World Foods" aisle in grocery stores, and they're not popular here. Partly because people only stop at that section to buy all the Jaffa Cakes and Yorkie bars before I can, and partly because as near as I can tell Heinz beans are flavored using the same principle as homeopathy, diluting one drop of tomato sauce into a gallon of water and repeating the dilution 50 times before adding 1 ml of it to the beans.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

Their state religion is worker liberation

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Truly the land of the liberated worker

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Good thing feedback isn't a super important part of beta testing or anything

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because it relying entirely on the dominance of the iPhone isn't really a post-Jobs action. It's actually the exact opposite: relying entirely on something he captained in order to make sales.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They also removed the headphone jack from the phone, so it doesn't really count. Airpods followed the Sony approach: telling your captive audience they will buy the thing or suffer.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah but that's just marketing bullshit, just like how in real life, (normal and attractive) people don't pull out a Nintendo Switch and pass around joycons to play Mario Kart on the phablet-sized screen at trendy rooftop cocktail parties.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes.

I am aware that this would kill SaaS overnight, that's an intended feature.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

Creativity was already democratized, you just have to practice.

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